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The Reasons of Atheists/Agnostics for Nonbelief in God’s Existence Scale: Development and Initial Validation

Bradley, David F.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1396559920

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2014, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Previous research exploring reasons for not believing in the existence of a god or gods has largely been theoretical. What reasons do nonbelievers actually give for their nonbelief? Drawing on previous studies, this project aimed to develop and provide initial validity testing of a measure to capture these reasons: the Reasons of Atheists/Agnostics for Nonbelief in God’s Existence Scale. Participants (N = 520) were adults drawn from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk worker database. Responses to the measure were subjected to exploratory factor analysis. Factor analysis revealed a nine-factor solution: Socialization-Past, Socialization-Current, Bad Experiences with Religion, Societal Concerns, Intellectual, God Relational, Emotional, Intuitive, and Agnostic. The obtained factors were subjected to initial validity testing across a number of variables, including attitudes toward God or religion and previous measures of nonreligious identity and doubt. Correlation and multiple regression generally supported the construct validity of the measure’s subscales.
Julie Exline, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
T.J. McCallum, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Heath Demaree, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
89 p.
Clinical Psychology; Counseling Psychology; Psychology; Religion; Social Psychology; Spirituality
religion; atheism; agnosticism; nonbelief

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  • Bradley, D. F. (2014). The Reasons of Atheists/Agnostics for Nonbelief in God’s Existence Scale: Development and Initial Validation [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1396559920

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bradley, David. The Reasons of Atheists/Agnostics for Nonbelief in God’s Existence Scale: Development and Initial Validation. 2014. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1396559920.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bradley, David. "The Reasons of Atheists/Agnostics for Nonbelief in God’s Existence Scale: Development and Initial Validation." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1396559920

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